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Hunt

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Noun

1. holman hunt, hunt, william holman hunt

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

2. hunt, richard morris hunt

United States architect (1827-1895)

3. hunt, james henry leigh hunt, leigh hunt

British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

4. hunt, hunt club

an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

5. hunt

an instance of searching for something

Example Sentences:
'the hunt for submarines'

6. hunt, hunting, search

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

7. hunt, hunting

the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

8. hunt, hunting

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

Verb

9. hunt, hunt down, run, track down

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

Example Sentences:
'Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland'
'The dogs are running deer'
'The Duke hunted in these woods'

10. hound, hunt, trace

pursue or chase relentlessly

Example Sentences:
'The hunters traced the deer into the woods'
'the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him'

11. hunt

chase away, with as with force

Example Sentences:
'They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood'

12. hunt

yaw back and forth about a flight path

Example Sentences:
'the plane's nose yawed'

13. hunt

oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

Example Sentences:
'The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency'

14. hunt

seek, search for

Example Sentences:
'She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them'

15. hunt

search (an area) for prey

Example Sentences:
'The King used to hunt these forests'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hunt

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verb
1. 
to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport
2. (intransitive; often foll by for)
to look (for); search (for)
to hunt for a book
to hunt up a friend
3. (transitive)
to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc
to hunt a pack of hounds
4. (transitive)
to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc
to hunt the parkland
5. (transitive; often foll by down)
to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture
to hunt down a criminal
6. (tr; usually passive)
to persecute; hound
7. (intransitive)
(of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc) to oscillate about a mean value or position
8. (intransitive)
(of an aircraft, rocket, etc) to oscillate about a flight path
noun
9. 
the act or an instance of hunting
10. 
chase or search, esp of animals or game
11. 
the area of a hunt
12. 
a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport
13. 
the participants in or members of such a party or institution
14.  in the hunt
noun
1. 
Henry, known as Orator Hunt. 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)
2. 
(William) Holman. 1827–1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)
3. 
James. 1947–93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976
4. 
(Henry Cecil) John, Baron. 1910–98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)
5. 
(James Henry) Leigh (liː). 1784–1859, British poet and essayist: a founder of The Examiner (1808) in which he promoted the work of Keats and Shelley
6. 
Sam(uel Percival Maitland). born 1946, New Zealand poet, noted for his public performances

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hunt

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verb transitive
1. 
to go out to kill or catch (game) for food or sport
2. 
to search eagerly or carefully for; try to find
3. 
a. 
to pursue; chase; drive
b. 
to hound; harry; persecute
4. 
a. 
to go through (a woods, fields, etc.) in pursuit of game
b. 
to search (a place) carefully
5. 
to use (dogs or horses) in chasing game
verb intransitive
6. 
to go out after game; take part in the chase
7. 
to search; seek
8.  BELL-RINGING
to change the order of bells in a hunt
see also hunt (sense 13)
noun
9. 
the act of hunting; the chase
10. 
a group of people who hunt together
11. 
a district covered in hunting
12. 
a search
13.  BELL-RINGING
a series of regularly varying sequences in ringing a group of from five to twelve bells

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hunt

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v. hunt·ed, hunt·ing, hunts
v.tr.
1. To pursue (game) for food or sport.
2. To search through (an area) for prey: hunted the ridges.
3. To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
4. To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill: hunted down the escaped convict.
5. To seek out; search for.
6. To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away: hunted the newcomers out of town.
v.intr.
1. To pursue game.
2. To make a search; seek.
3. Aerospace
a. To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle.
b. To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.
4. Engineering
a. To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.
b. To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.
n.
1. The act or sport of hunting: an enthusiast for the hunt.
2.
a. A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.
b. Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.
3. The hunting season for a particular animal: last year's deer hunt.
4. A diligent search or pursuit: on a hunt for cheap gas.
British writer and editor of the Examiner (1808-1821). He is known for his essays defending romanticism.
British painter and cofounder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His works include The Light of the World (1854) and The Scapegoat (1856).
American architect who designed numerous sumptuous mansions as well as an extension of the US Capitol (1855) and the base of the Statue of Liberty (1886).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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